Research

The Peltier-Actuated Microvalve
Brian Hardy
 
Using thermoelectric materials to control flow in microchannels.

Silica Powder Lubrication
Kevin Lu
 
A modified rheometer is used to study the shear behavior of dry powders. 
Study of Interfacial Fluid Dynamics with a High Speed Camera
Hamarz Aryafar
 
An experimental study to establish the principal elements that govern drop coalescence.

Nanofluid Spreading
Michael Calkins
 

  Picture of the Month

  Water Meth Coalescence


A water droplet coalescing into a pool of methanol. Because of the large difference in surface tension, the water droplet pulls the interface up its sides and causes a pinch off of a secondary drop to happen far above the methanol/air interface.




  What's New

 
Nikon TIRF System
This imaging system utilizes an evanescent wave to excite single molecules in the thin section in contact with the coverglass.



Image under TIRF observation

Image under epi-florescence observation


UCLA, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department